Door-hanger



(No Model.)

G. R. KIDDER.

Door Hanger.

No. 230,785. Patented Aug. 3, 1880.

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NPETERS. PHOTQUTQOGRAPNER, WASHINGTON. D c

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE R. KIDDER, OF ARMADA, MICHIGAN.

DOOR-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 230,785, dated August 3, 1880.

Application filed May 22, 1880. (No model,)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE E. KIDDER, of Armada, in the county. of Macomb and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hangers for Sliding Doors or Gates, of which the following is a specification.

In the drawings, Figu'e l is a s de view of my invention. Fig.2 is an end view of my invention. Fig.3 is a sectional view on line a in Fig. 1.

My invention consists in combining with the outside hanger a bracket on the inside of the door or gate, which bracket is screwed or bolted to the door or gate, carrying at its upper end an arm or stud,on which is afriction-roller.

In the drawings, A is a portion of thedoor. B is a portion of a track on which the door is hung. U is a vertical bearing-wheel. F is a hanger, the lower part of which is screwed or bolted to the door, and at the upper end of which is an arm, on which the bearing-wheel O is fastened. E is a bracket screwed or bolted to the inside of the door A. G is an arm or stud cast or otherwise formed on the upper end of bracket E. D is a friction-roller set on the arm G.

The track B may be formed with a groove in its under side, as shown in thedrawings, so that when the door or gate is hung the friction- I'oller D will run in the groove, and thus prevent lateral displacement of the door or gate.

The friction-roller D projects beyond the surface of bracket E, and bears against the wall of the building on which the door is hung, thereby preventing the door from rubbing and binding against the wall.

then the face of the bearing-wheel O is grooved and runs on a half-round iron track, or when the bearing-wheel O has a flat face and runs in a groove in the upper surface of the track, or inside of a flange placed on the upper surface of the track, force applied to slide the door is apt to raise the bearing-Wheel from the track, and thus throw the door entirely from the track.

My invention obviates this difficulty in the following manner: The upper end of the arm or stud G is rounded, so as to, avoid unnecessary friction. When the door has a tendency to rise the arm or stud G strikes the under side of the track, and prevents the bearingwheel being raised sufiiciently far from the track to allow the door to become displaced.

I do not claim the hanger, nor any particulari'orm or shapeot' the bearing wheel or track; but

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the hanger F and bearing-wheel G with the track I3, door A, bracket E, and friction-roller Don arm G, substantially as shown and described.

2. Thecombi-nation, in a sli .ling-door hanger, of the hanger F, having a vertical bearingwhecl, O, with either flat, grooved, or flanged face, with the bracket E, having an arm or stud, G, at its upper end, carrying the frictionroller D, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. In combination with a sliding door and hanger, the bracket E, secured to the inside of the door, and having on its upper an arm or stud carrying the friction-roller D, substantially as described.

GEORGE R. KIDDER.

Witnesses J. P. SEELY, B. M. ALDRICH. 

